COMPUTING

TUNISIANS TO LAUNCH TECHNOPOLE AT SIDI THABET

An MOU for a feasibility and environmental impact study for a Technopole at Sidi Thabet has been signed by Tunisia’s Secretary of State for the Ministry of Science and Technology and the French Ambassador to Tunisia, Yves Aubin de la Messuzière. The MOU commits both countries to reinforce existing links in the fields of scientific and technological research. The Sidi Thabet site covers 125 hectares and the units will be aimed at companies in the biotechnology field. It will house l’Institut national pour la recherche et l’analyse physico-chimique (Inrap) and le Centre national des sciences et technologies nucléaires (Cnstn).